Static IP address assignments [WAS Re: NIC Settings for IBM Thinkpad T30 / wired & wireless]

[SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux]

Hi Derek
Not a native English speaker I cannot follow nor understand properly
what you mean and believe you are somewhat in error !?

Speaking in static IP addresses here it's behind the the Wireless-Modem
Access Point Router !!

>From my ISP I am getting dynamic IP's of course.

Since more than 10 years with mainly OS/2 Warp I have absolutely not
problems to setup as I discuss here ;-) With my little experience in WIN
XP Pro I able to to so too ;-)) 

Why so complicated / difficult with Linux ???

Host contains what's present
Resolv contains the two / three DNS

But how does Interface look correct for my intention ??

Any constructive assistance and guidance is very appreciated !

TIA for your 2 cents ;-)
Cheers, svobi



 
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 10:43 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Res wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Michael R. Head wrote:
> > 
> >> That's fine, but most users are getting their host configuration via
> >> DHCP, so going the static address assignment puts you in a small class
> >> of users. That's OK, but the tools are built around the "easy way".
> > 
> > You can not sit there and tell us that is fact when you have no clue if it
> > is or not, most Linux users that I've ever come across always setup
> > static IP's, about 2% of teh people I've dealt with use DHCP.
> 
> Of course he has a clue.  Your assertion is just plain nuts!  If 98% of
> computer users were using static IPs, we'd have run out of IPV4 addresses a
> decade ago.  Almost everybody uses DHCP because _we have to_.  And even if
> you want to configure a local LAN with static private IPs, Michael is
> absolutely correct that it's easier to do it by configuring the DHCP
> server.
> -- 
> derek
> 
>